I am not here to start a general political debate. Â I am not a Trumpsupporter
nor a Clinton supporter, and I have a very long history ofusing and
advocating BSD Unix since the 90s. The question is: if you had started
with a blank slate, choosing aname for a Unix OS that gets contributions
from all over the world,would you name it after that university - or any
one university? Calling BSD "BSD Software Distribution" is just more
appropriate,more politically neutral, and more inclusive.  03.02.2017,
16:15, "Geoff White" <
[hidden email]>:
Alex,This is BS. The violence was created by Black Bloc, UC had
nothing to do with it. The talk was canceled because the entire
situation was unsafe.
I'd you have any questions or would like clarification please reach
out.  Sent from my Nexus 6. Big Sister is indexing you. On Feb 3,
2017 1:10 PM, "Joe Nosay" <
[hidden email]> wrote:
BSD
 Best Software Distribution
Brightest Sunshiny Day
On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Alex Libman <
[hidden email]> wrote:
> My Fellow BSD Users & Advocates:
>
> In light of the recent violent faculty-supported
anti-free-speech riots at
> UC Berkeley, the archaic namesake of BSD Unix, I would like to
once again
> revisit the question that I've posed in a less serious tone six
years ago:
>
> WHAT *SHOULD* THE B IN BSD STAND FOR?
>
>
http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-advocacy&m=129750891811408&w=2 >
> The history of the BSD Unix ecosystem, stretching from the late
1960s to
> the present day, involves contributions from many different
universities,
> companies, non-profit organizations, and individuals from all
over the
> world. Why should just one (particularly controversial and
divisive)
> university get perpetual free advertising for all eternity at
the expense
> of every other individual and institution?
>
> I propose that the name BSD should be thought of as a recursive
acronym
> (like GNU) for "BSD Software Distribution". The B in BSD
could also stand
> for Beastie, Bell Labs (to which it has a more forthright
connection than
> Linux), etc, etc, etc...
>
> This need not be a formal decision by any BSD variant's
foundation, BDFL,
> etc - just a preference of some members of the BSD community.
>
> Long live the BSD Software Distribution!
>
> Peace out.
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